There are now different stories about whether Pacific Place is indeed on the market and whether it would sell. Dallas ISD financial chief Jim Terry sent an email to trustees Tuesday evening with assurances that DISD was having discussions to buy Pacific Place.

After Terry sent the email, the building's owner, Andrew Segal of Boxer Property, softened his rhetoric and acknowledged those discussions. But he insisted he is focused on leasing the building and not selling it.

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The owner of Pacific Place in downtown Dallas said Tuesday that his office tower is not for sale and is confused about Dallas ISD’s interest in buying the building.

"It's like someone talking about planning your wedding when you are already married," Andrew Segal, the CEO of Boxer Property, told The Dallas Morning News.

Dallas ISD administrators have asked the board of trustees to approve $100,000 in earnest money to pursue purchasing the building. They’ve estimated that it would cost $15 million to buy and more to renovate it.

But Segal said the office tower is not for sale and DISD's interest is hurting his ability to lease it.

"I’m not listing the building for sale now. We listed it when it was vacant. We have started leasing it and doing great," Segal told The News.

Segal said the 20-story office tower hasn't been for sale since 2010, when it hadn't yet been renovated. He said he is focused on leasing the tower, which is about 30 percent full, and adding restaurants and retail shops.

Segal said he hasn't talked to anyone in DISD. The district hasn't made an offer or talked about potential offers, he said.

“I don’t see it selling now. We are in the middle of filling it up," he said. "The whole thing is a little confusing. I don’t really understand exactly what they are up to."

And he said the news of Dallas ISD's interest is hurting his business.

"From my point of view, we are plowing ahead, leasing space and building space," Segal said. "Quite frankly, it’s disrupting my ability to lease the thing."

Segal said he's interested in investing in downtown Dallas real estate, noting that he has also owned a nearby office tower for 22 years.

Dallas ISD administrators initially asked trustees in January to authorize up to $200,000 in earnest money, which they said was needed to begin negotiations. Superintendent Mike Miles told trustees that DISD needed to move fast because the opportunity to buy Pacific Place had only come up recently. But trustees called the plan rushed and voted to postpone the earnest payment.

Financial chief Jim Terry also told trustees the $200,000 earnest payment would lead Boxer to "take it off the market and allow us to look at the building."

But Segal said the building was never on the market and doesn't know what Terry or Miles were talking about. Terry also told trustees that he found Pacific Place during a "Google search for buildings larger than 300,000 square feet."

Segal said that the online listing is old and should have been taken down years ago. In addition, the listed real estate broker back then worked for another company and joined Boxer Property a year ago. The listing said Pacific Place was for sale for $12.9 million.

"It's an expired listing," Segal said. "It was auto-populated and kept showing up. We are trying to get them down."

DISD administrators plan to bring back the proposal to buy Pacific Place at Thursday's board briefing. This time, administrators are asking for a $100,000 earnest payment. DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander said Monday that he didn't know why the earnest payment was suddenly half of what was requested two weeks ago.

Segal said he doesn't know why DISD would provide an earnest payment now. Such a payment is usually part of an offer, which DISD hasn't made yet, he said.

"They are free do whatever they want, but I would hate for them to give the impression that a deal has been made," he said. "That’s not the case."